Archive for October 19th, 2011

Using the Hidden Power of Excel

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Live Webinar – October 26, 12:00-1:00 PM EDT
Offered by ASPE (REP 2161) 1 Category A PDU – Free PDU
This is a 1 hour seminar and attendees will be awarded 1 PDU for participating.

  • Deliver more accurate & relevant information reporting & presentations.
  • Learn to start racing with Excel, not just driving it!

This web seminar offers you demonstrations of a few unknown Excel tips that can dramatically change the way you use the program. You will find new efficient ways to select data in Excel. Learn exciting and insightful facts and tweaks you can use when creating presentation charts that will impress your readers and your presentation audience. Find out how just a few new Excel formatting tips can help save you time without sacrificing accuracy when you create worksheets.

Presenter: Isaac Gottlieb (LinkedIn profile) – More than 10,000 students and professionals have taken the class this web seminar is based on with Dr. Isaac Gottlieb over the last few years at Columbia University, NYU as well as at Fortune 500 companies. This presentation is drawn from topics covered in his best selling book, Next Generation Excel: Modeling in Excel for Analysts and MBAs (Wiley Finance). Dr. Gottlieb has 20 years industrial and government experience in addition to his academic background

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Creating Test Plans

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Live Webinar October 26, 2011 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EST
Duration: 1 hour live webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category B – Free PDU
Presented by PROJECTinsight (Metafuse Inc)

Projects are not successful unless they can pass the testing by the ultimate consumer of the product—the client, whether external or internal.

Many organizations create test plans in a haphazard way without thoroughly understanding the scope of the project. These kinds of test plans lead to scope creep and unsuccessful projects.

Learn the importance of creating test plans and a practical way in which to deliver them that enables the project team to gain acceptance by the client.

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Prosci Methodology The ADKAR® Model

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Live Webinar October 26, 2011, 11:00 am – 12:30 pm EDT or<
Live Webinar October 27, 2011, 4:00 am – 5:30 pm EDT
Presenter: Change Management Learning Center
Duration:1 hour Webcast + Q & A – Up to 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU

Methodologies provide structure and purpose to a discipline. A change management methodology provides an intentional approach for managing the people side of a project or initiative.

This webinar presents Prosci’s Change Management Methodology. In the webinar, learn about the Prosci ADKAR® Model for individual change management and the Prosci 3-Phase Change Management Process for organizational change management.

Agenda:

  • Methodology foundation
  • Individual change management
  • Organizational change management
  • Putting the pieces together

Learn how the fusion of individual and organizational change management is necessary to drive project results and outcomes.

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning Executing

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 5 – Scope 10 – Communications

  • 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan
  • 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Execution
  • 5.2 Define Scope
  • 10.1 Identify Stakeholders
  • 10.2 Plan Communications

As a Category C ‘Self Directed Learning Activity’ remember to document your learning experience and its relationship to project management for your ‘PDU Audit Trail Folder’

Click to register for the Oct 26th presentation of the Prosci Methodology The ADKAR® Model

Click to register for the Oct 27th presentation of the Prosci Methodology The ADKAR® Model

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Live Webinar 2 Offerings
October 26, 2011 10:00 am – 10:30 am EDT
October 26, 2011 1:00 pm – 1:30 pm EDT
Duration: 30 Minutes Credits: 0.50 PDU Category C – Free PDU
Presented by: Competitive Solutions Inc.

For Front Line Leaders today, it is important to be flexible and adaptable in the face of constant change and challenges.

Leaders are being asked to continually increase productivity even though they face tighter and tighter budgets, fewer employees, limited training opportunities, and pressure from overseas competition. It’s critical for Front Line Leaders to incorporate effective tools and techniques into daily operations.

What You’ll Learn in this Webinar:

  • Understanding the unique challenges faced by Front Line Leaders today
  • Possible obstacles Front Line Leaders face in the attempt to increase productivity
  • Tools and processes Front Line Leaders can implement to leverage strengths of those on their team

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Executing

Knowledge Areas: 4- Integration 9 – Human Resources

  • 4.3 Direct and Monitor Project Execution
  • 9.3 Develop Project Team
  • 9.4 Manage Project Team

As a Category C ‘Self Directed Learning Activity’ remember to document your learning experience and its relationship to project management for your ‘PDU Audit Trail Folder’

Click to register for the October 26, 2011 10:00 am session of Equipping Front Line Leaders: the Tools and How To’s

Click to register for the October 26, 2011 1:00 pm session of Equipping Front Line Leaders: the Tools and How To’s